This invention relates to water conservancy and
hydropower engineering technology, and discloses a method for determining the volume of regulating reservoirs in multi-stage series
hydropower stations with small
tributary flow capacity and high requirements for coordinated operation of
water volume between cascades. This method ensures the safety requirements of coordinated operation of the
cascade power stations while also considering the economic efficiency of the project. The method for determining the volume of regulating reservoirs between strong hydraulic
coupling multi-stage series
hydropower stations provided by this invention includes: firstly, decomposing the total volume into normal operating regulating volume, emergency standby volume, and dead storage volume. The former is calculated based on the objective
water volume deviation during power generation of the upstream and downstream power stations connected to the regulating reservoir, as well as the
water volume deviation caused by unit output adjustments. The latter is determined based on the extreme accident condition of all power stations connected to the regulating reservoir being
shut down in an emergency, combined with the
emergency response time. Then, multiple total volume schemes under different
emergency response times are proposed, and a reasonable regulating
reservoir volume is recommended through comprehensive comparison from multiple dimensions, including safety,
emergency response flexibility, and economy.